Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
stuaic. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
stuaic, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
stuaic in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
stuaic you have here. The definition of the word
stuaic will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
stuaic, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
stuaic f (genitive singular stuaice, nominative plural stuaiceanna)
- huff (condition of anger, annoyance etc.), huffiness, sulk, (fit of) pique, pet (fit of petulance)
Chuir a cuid cainte stuaic orm.- I took offense at what she said.
- (literally, “Her talk put a huff on me.”)
- peak (point, sharp end)
- (geology) pinnacle (craggy rock)
- (architecture) pinnacle (upright member), spire
- stuaic eaglaise ― church spire
- (geometry) vertex (corner of a polygon or polyhedron)
- hair on the crown of the head
- inclination of the head
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “stuaic”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “stuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 698
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stuaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN